世界小史 第92期:森林里冥想

But it would be wrong to say that the Indians were a cruel people. 但是说印度人是一个残忍的民族是错误的。 On the contrary, their priests were serious and profound thinkers,相反，他们的祭司是很严肃、深沉的思考者，

世界小史 第79期:当地居民

Let us now take a closer look at two of Greece's most important cities: Sparta and Athens. 现在让我们仔细看看希腊两个最重要的城市：斯巴达和雅典。 We already know something about the Spartans: they were Dorians, who, when th

世界小史 第91期:文字

Their task was to perform sacrifices to the gods and look after the temples, and, as in Egypt, they were in charge of sacred knowledge. 他们的职责是照管给神灵的祭献品和神庙，就像在埃及那样，他们负责神圣的事情。 Th

世界小史 第83期:伊安尼尔人

And so he gradually worked his way up until, by 444 BC a number as beautiful as the time it represents, 就这样他逐渐获得了最高统治权并自公元前444年起这个数字像它所表明的时代一样美, he was, in effect, the city's sol

世界小史 第82期:雅典人

For a while individual noblemen curried favor with the people to win their votes, and then seized power. 在一段时间里一些贵族附和民众获得他们的选票，然后夺取了统治权。 Rulers like these were called tyrants. 这样的统治

世界小史 第76期:希腊

But one thing united the Greeks: their religion and their sport. 但只有一件事情把希腊联合在一起了：他们的信仰和体育运动。 And I say 'one thing' because, strangely enough, sport and religion weren't two separate things they

世界小史 第75期:荒凉的大山

I said earlier that Greece, when set against the Persian empire, was no more than a small peninsula, 我已经谈到，顶住了波斯帝国强大压力的希腊是一个小小的半岛， dotted here and there with little cities of busy merchants, 有

世界小史 第74期:纪念碑

After this the Persians never again dared attack the Greeks. 从此波斯人没有再敢涉足希腊。 And this is very interesting, because it wasn't as if the Persians were weaker or more stupid than the Greeks far from it. 这意味深长，倒不是

世界小史 第70期:马拉松长跑

This was the famous Marathon Run after which we call our race. 这便是著名的马拉松长跑的由来。 Famous, because the messenger ran so far and so fast that all he could do was deliver his message before he fell down dead. 马拉松长跑之所

世界小史 第67期:波斯国王

They had no wish to be ruled by a Persian king, nor would they pay him tribute.So they rebelled, and threw out the Persian governors. 他们既不愿意被波斯国王统治也不愿意向他纳贡，所以他们起来造反并把波斯官员赶走。

世界小史 第66期:大流士

It came after the death of Cambyses, during the reign of a great king named Darius. 这是在冈比西斯死之后，在一位名叫大流士的伟大君主的统治期间。 He governed the vast Persian empire which now stretched from Egypt to the f

世界小史 第53期:腓尼基人

The wild tribes living there brought them furs and precious stones in exchange for tools, cooking pots and colored cloth. 商人们用他们带来的毛皮和宝石从居住在那里的未开化的部族换取工具、蒸煮锅和花布。 For Phoeni

世界小史 第57期:象形文字

At Mycenae he discovered palaces and the tombs of kings, armor and shields, just as the Homeric songs had described them. 于是他在迈锡尼找到了国王们的宫殿和墓穴、盔甲和盾牌，一切都跟荷马的歌里一样。 And he found

世界小史 第43期:尼布甲尼撒

The last great Babylonian king was Nebuchadnezzar. 最后一个伟大的巴比伦国王是尼布甲尼撒。 He lived around 600 BC and is remembered for his feats of war. 他生活在公元前600年左右，他的几次战绩使他出了名。 He fo

世界小史 第41期:行星

Today we know that these are the stars that are close to us, and that they turn with the earth around the sun. 今天我们知道，那是和地球一道绕着太阳转动的星星。 They are called planets. 人们称它们为行星。 But the ancie

世界小史 第25章:信仰

And yet the most important part of the Egyptians' strange religion was their belief that, 但埃及人的奇怪宗教中最重要之处却是他们的信仰： although a man's soul left his body when he died, for some reason the soul went on needing

世界小史 第23章:奥西里斯神

Perhaps you're wondering why the pharaoh should want to build such a gigantic tomb? 你也许要问：为什么法老想建造这么一座巨大的坟墓呢？ It was all part of his religion. 这跟他的宗教有关。 The Egyptians believed in man

世界小史 第20章:非洲气候

In Africa it is hot, and for months on end it doesn't rain. 非洲气候炎热，接连好几个月不下雨。 In many regions very little grows. 许多地方只能生长少量作物。 These are deserts, as are the lands on either side of Egypt. 这片

世界小史 第163期:诵读字母顺序

Whenever he felt his temper rising, he slowly recited the alphabet in his head, and by the time he had reached the end he had calmed down. 每逢他发怒时，他便总是默默诵读字母顺序，这会花去他的一些时间，然后他又头脑清

世界小史 第166期:受苦难者

But Christ had taught that the world's worst sorrows had a meaning, that beggars, those in torment, the persecuted, the sick and the suffering were blessed in their misfortune. 但是基督曾教导：世上最大的痛苦自有其意义，乞丐、哭